So My Climate Tech Company Raised Its Series A — Now What?

You’ve popped the champagne and basked in the glory. Now it’s time to get back to work. With a new cash infusion in your company, you have the resources to start accelerating your growth and the pressure of increased expectations from your investors.  So where do you start?  As...

#151 Chante Harris, Co-founder of Women of Color Collective in Sustainability

Chante Harris currently leads the investor network and corporate partnerships for Venture for ClimateTech, a climate tech venture studio and accelerator sourcing the best climate tech solutions across the globe. She also oversees the For ClimateTech Global Innovation Challenge and is spearheading the exploration of a thesis for a...

How to Prevent ESG Debt for Your Startup

ESG (environmental, social, and governance) ratings are increasingly considered in investment risk. Trillions of dollars are being poured into technologies and systems that will help the US reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. Other countries are leagues ahead of the US on their just as ambitious climate goals. Even...

#107 Diego Saez Gil, Founder & CEO of Pachama

Diego is the founder and CEO of Pachama, a Y Combinator-backed startup working to accelerate the flow of capital to carbon capturing projects starting with forests biomass projects. Pachama harnesses satellite images and machine learning to verify the carbon storage on forests and then connects directly project developers with carbon...

#99 Jeremy McKane, CEO of OCN.ai

Jeremy McKane is an artist with a passion for the environment. His focus has been directed on Ocean issues for several years. He is an active Explorers Club Member and the CEO of OCN.ai, an autonomous network of marine robots that automate enforcement at sea. Bigger Than Us Episode...

#92 Jon Leland, Vice President of Insights and Head of Environmental Impact at Kickstarter

Jon is the Vice President of Insights and Head of Environmental Impact at Kickstarter, the world’s largest platform for crowdfunding creative work. He leads data science, analytics, user research and strategy in addition to the company’s environmental commitments. He is also the creator of This Place Will Be Water, a...

#91 David Slutzky Founder and CEO, Fermata Energy

David Slutzky Founder and CEO, Fermata Energy Prof. Slutzky is a recognized thought leader in the field of vehicle-to-grid technology. Slutzky founded Fermata Energy with the specific intention of developing and commercializing vehicle-to-grid technology in order to make electric vehicles more cost effective and the electric power grid more...

#90 Sam Arons, Director of Sustainability at Lyft Inc

Sam joined Lyft in 2018 as the Director of Sustainability, where he oversees Lyft’s sustainability and climate impact efforts. Lyft was one of the first companies to join former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “We Are Still In” movement to pledge its commitment to the Paris Climate Accord. Most recently...

#82 Franz Hochstrasser, CEO and Co-founder of Raise Green

Franz Hochstrasser is CEO and Co-founder of Raise Green, and is also CEO and Co-founder of New Haven Community Solar which were both founded in 2018. He has been working at the intersection of policy, climate change, environmental and social issues for more than a decade. Prior to graduating...

#80 Sabrina Williams, CEO of SEED

Sabrina is CEO of SEED and, with a background in architecture, law and urban planning, she has almost 25 years of experience working with groups in 40 states as a community organizer and organizational development specialist. In 2000 she founded a non-profit that addressed sustainability and food security in...

#79 Juliana Garaizar, Launch Director at Greentown Labs Houston

Juliana Garaizar is an experienced global executive and general manager with demonstrated success working with entrepreneurs in angel investment, venture capital and private equity across multiple industry sectors including medtech, cleantech, fintech, consumer and impact.  Most recently she served as the Director of the Texas Medical Center Venture Fund,...

#78 Maurits van de Ven, Co-Founder of Plantible Foods

Maurits van de Ven, Co-Founder of Plantible Foods. Maurits founded and exited two software-driven trading companies in The Netherlands and after acquiring his masters in finance at ESADE in Barcelona he worked as an investment banker focused on the US CPG industry at a NY based boutique bank. https://www.plantiblefoods.com/